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Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

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PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v JAMIE LYNN LOWE, Defendant-Appellant.

Chief Justice:

Justices:

Marilyn Kelly

Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver Maura D. Corrigan Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman Diane M. Hathaway

FILED AUGUST 13, 2009

No. 137284

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH MARKMAN, J. This case presents the question whether MCL 333.7413(2), by authorizing a trial court to enhance the sentence of a defendant who is a repeat drug offender to a "term not more than twice the term otherwise authorized," allows the trial court to double both the defendant's minimum and maximum sentences. We answer this question in the affirmative. Accordingly, defendant's sentence is affirmed. I. BACKGROUND Defendant pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine, MCL 333.7403(2)(b)(i), with a sentence enhancement as a repeat drug offender, MCL 333.7413(2). At sentencing, the trial court calculated defendant's minimum

sentence range under the sentencing guidelines at 10 to 23 months. Pursuant to



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